Welcome to open water swimming in Melbourne’s beautiful Port Phillip Bay.

There’s nothing better than getting out in the sea, feeling free and getting some activity into the weekly routine.

This site has information about free open water swimming groups, swimming classes and squads, 1 on 1 lessons and best of all – it’s all in the sea at Williamstown Beach. We can help you improve your swimming and get outside for a morning at the beach.

Our classes are booming and are popular with:

People learning to swim properly

Pool swimmers adjusting to the open water

Tri-athletes improving their technique

Competitive swimmers looking for OW qualifying times

So get down to Williamstown Beach on Saturday morning and have a swim …

We didn’t know if this was even possible. Can we run an open water swim group – in the sea – for multi class and Special Olympics swimmers? To tell the truth, I was reluctant to find out – but when Hans from Special Olympics persisted and we ventured into this, we discovered a whole…

FREE SWIM GROUP EVERY SATURDAY

The Mussels is a free swim group that meet every Saturday of the year at 10.15am near the front of Williamstown SLSC. You set your own distance and pace.
The Mussels have a pre-swm briefing then in the water by 10.30.